Not true! From the Wall Street Journal ...
Meanwhile, the four Republicans who voted for gay marriage all told voters in their election campaign they opposed gay marriage—sometimes on video less than a month before they flipped. Voters don't like politicians who flip, especially under political pressure from Democrats.
New York's GOP Lets Down the Base
ALL of them assured their voter base that they would oppose ssm. ALL flip flopped. If it happens in NY, it can happen anywhere. Follow the money trail.
The Buffalo News reports this week, "Grisanti's Coffers Grow After Gay Marriage Vote":
"Advocates of gay marriage pumped about $50,000 into the political campaign account of Republican State Sen. Mark J. Grisanti of Buffalo after he voted June 24 in the historic session that legalized same-sex marriage in New York."The donations included $10,300 from New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who was a strong proponent of the new law, and $10,000 from Colorado resident Tim Gill, who heads a group that has promoted gay marriage laws here and in other states. "Other donors to Grisanti who have publicly backed gay marriage rights include $5,000 from Miami-area resident Jonathan Kislak, $2,000 from Carol Master of Massachusetts, $10,000 from Albany-area resident Frank Selvaggi and $5,000 from Manhattan real estate developer Donald Capoccia."
$50,000 in big checks from rich Manhattan and out-of-state donors, the buddies of Bloomberg and Tim Gill.
What we have here is a massive public campaign to normalize infidelity in both senses of the word—to make cash the payoff for selling out voters.
As I noted in my previous post, if it can happen here, it can happen anywhere, even in your state.
I understand that there were 4 senators that changed positions but it remains that people voted for 29 other state senators that explicitly supported it. They also voted for all those state representatives that supported it since - let’s not forget - it sailed through the assembly a few times without much opposition at all.
The people have been voting for reps that openly supported SSM for a long time. Once the margins get that close party discipline will fail on both sides (some Democrats bailed) and a few marginal votes will shift either way. That’s a standard of politics no matter the issue.
People should not have been surprised.